“The Many Benefits of Using Drone Photography to Market your Golf Course”

Golf, which was introduced to Britain in the 15thcentury is now a popular sport played by men, women and children across the United Kingdom.

In England, Merseyside, the West Midlands, Surrey and Middlesex have the most land given over to golf courses. While in Scotland St Andrews, a town which has a population of around 70,000 has twelve golf courses alone, as well as numerous others, including Gleneagles, Balcomie, Muirfield, Carnoustie, Royal Toon and Prestwick.

Competition

With so many courses competition for players is fierce and golf course owners and managers need to be on their toes to keep loyal players and attract new ones. Golf Club membership varies from club to club, but it’s a sport that requires a substantial investment. This means that players expect a course that’s well managed and maintained and also has good facilities for relaxation after a game.

Golf courses like any other business can now be viewed on the internet. It makes sense then that the information should be available with clear easy to read text and top quality images.

How Drone Photography can be used as a Marketing Tool

Players who want to see a golf course before a visit will expect to see images on the course’s website. Drone photography of a golf course enables those people to get perfect views of the course and the surrounding area. As well as still shots from the ground, a drone can provide aerial video capturing angles that just aren’t possible with traditional photography.

How Drone Photography Can Help Your Advertising

Advertising is one of the most important areas of sales and marketing. The revenue advertising brings in helps to keep a golf course running well and in profit. Allowing advertisers to sponsor a hole on your golf hole by hole flyover videos gives you 18 spots to sell. Even at £50 per hole that would be a revenue of £900 per year!

The Drone Photography Package

Rising View can provide a video of your golf course together with an aerial view of each hole and a 360-degree interactive panorama, allowing the viewer to click on each hole individually. That means each person who is browsing your website can take a fly through of the fairway from Tee to Green. It can be accompanied by a voiceover, text or music.

For advertising purposes, we also offer an upgrade to include ground filming. That way you have the perfect set of images to use in all your marketing materials.

Have You Worked With Golf Courses Before

Rising View are based in Dundee, Scotland which is situated 12 miles from Carnoustie Golf Links, the historic Championship golf course which is the venue for The 147th Open in 2018. Also we are 13 miles from St Andrews Golf Links which is the largest public golf complex in Europe and also the Old Course is the oldest and most iconic golf course in the world.

Previously we have done aerial drone filming for the European Tour, IMG and also for the Alfred Dunhill Cup which is played on the world famous Scottish courses at St Andrews Old Course, Carnoustie Championship Course and Kingsbarns Golf Links.

Is It Safe?

Rising View take safety very seriously. We are gave Permission for Commercial Operations (PFCO) by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Also we have a high level of public liability insurance and we are members of the Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (ARPAS) as well as Drone Safe Register.

There are many stages taken such as pre planning, onsite planning and we use spotters and other safety measures to make it very safe.

Will This Only Affordable For High End Clubs?

No! Our aerial drone video and photography packages for golf courses are very affordable and will actually make your course money…. even from the first year and then every year after. It really is a win win situation.

Prices start from £399 for all 18 holes so you could sell sponsorship for just £23 per hole and still be making a profit in the first year. Or why not take out full package with a custom mobile app and then sell this to your players on a day to day basis and keep all the profit.